List of intelligence agencies of Germany

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List of intelligence agencies of Germany:

Currently active[]

Besides that there are several other military and civilian agencies in Germany which do not have the status of an intelligence service, but have certain responsibilities similar to those of intelligence services or include close cooperation with German intelligence services:

  • Strategic Surveillance Command (KSA) (German: ): military signals intelligence and geospatial intelligence, part of Cyber and Information Space Command. Subordinate units include Centre for Cyber Operations and Centre for Operational Communication (the latter being responsible for military Psychological Operations and Information Operations).
  • Central Office for Information Technology in the Security Sector (ZITiS) (German: Zentrale Stelle für Informationstechnik im Sicherheitsbereich): cryptanalysis and digital surveillance. Mainly works as a support and research agency for law enforcement and BfV.
  • Federal Office for Information Security (BSI): information security and cyber security
  • Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) (in German: Bundeskriminalamt): criminal and national security intelligence. Not actually an intelligence agency, but resembles one in a few aspects (the department State Protection (German: Staatsschutz) investigates police-relevant political extremism, terrorism and espionage; recently new departments for cyber crime and Islamist terrorism were created). State police services have their own police units responsible for State Protection.
  • Federal Police (BPOL) (in German: Bundespolizei): Federal (primarily) uniformed police service; one of its legal responsibilities is the support of the BfV on the field of radio technology, including signals intelligence to identify foreign intelligence services communication within Germany.
  • Customs Investigation Bureau (ZKA): investigation and analysis of certain financial crimes, cases of arms proliferation and drug trafficking. Runs Germany's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). Central organizational entitity for the regional branches of federal customs investigation service.

Former agencies[]

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